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Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania; Tel/fax: +40203154193; E-mail: frkajzar@yahoo.com
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Abstract ................................................................................................. 107 7.1 Introduction .................................................................................. 108 7.2 Materials .......................................................................................113 7.3 Functionalization ...........................................................................114 7.4 Thin Film Processing ................................................................... 120 7.5 Stability of Thin Films in Air ....................................................... 120 7.6 Optical Thin Film Properties........................................................ 134 7.7 Conclusions .................................................................................. 143 Acknowledgements ............................................................................... 145 Keywords .............................................................................................. 145 References ............................................................................................. 145
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Possibilities of utilization of biopolymers, and particularly of the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are reviewed and discussed. The ways of their
functionalization with photoresponsive molecules to get desired properties are described and illustrated on several examples as well as the processing of materials into thin films. Their room-and photo-thermal stability, studied by spectroscopic techniques is reported, together with optical damage thresholds. Physical properties, and more particularly linear, nonlinear and photoluminescent properties of obtained materials are also reviewed and discussed.
